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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The comment about how the info night isn't Chinese parent friendly wasn't idiotic, it was indicative - I had a similarly off putting experience.  The comment about the holidays was just an example - no part of the presentation seemed geared toward bilingual families.  I like to keep coments constructive, so maybe matters will improve if the PA knows this is an issue.  I raised my hand and asked the presenters--one was the school principal--which dialects kids at the school speak, which dialects teachers speak, and how many kids speak Chinese at home.  Normal questions a Chinese parent might ask.  The answer I got in every case was something to the effect of  "the school doesn't have this info and if it did, we couldn't give it out in a public charter school context."   They seemed annoyed by my line of inquiry and I felt out of place.  I left puzzled, without knowing how many bilingual kids are in the school.  [/quote]
I'm a current parent of a YY PK student, and can absolutely see what you're talking about re the open house presentation.  It seems that the presentations are made by administrators who don't have access to fairly basic information that a prospective parent would want.  I've been wondering what I as a newbie parent can do.

In my case, I had questions about how the PK program addressed basic socialization issues (making friends, learning to wipe one's nose, etc.).  The admin making the presentation looked at me like I had two heads--she didn't even understand the question, let alone have information on what the program does.  Again, I had to go to current parents to get my questions answered.  [/quote]

Really?
Teach your kid how to wipe his/her nose him/herself and shut up. Maybe they were annoyed because you're an annoying person. As for PA and admins "listening" to you---guess what. they don't read dcum because it would be like purposely sticking sharp sticks in their eyes.[/quote]

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